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Scientists join forces to investigate airborne risk of coronavirus
A major research effort is under way to understand whether Covid-19 can spread through tiny airborne particles that are released by infected people and remain suspended in the air for…
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MoJ cleaners to get full sick pay backdated to start of Covid-19 pandemic
The Ministry of Justice has announced that cleaners in its central London offices will now receive full pay if they are self-isolating or off sick. The arrangement, which will be…
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Scotland to keep 14-day quarantine for travellers from Spain
Fourteen-day quarantine restrictions for travellers from Spain would remain in force, Nicola Sturgeon has announced, as she confirmed Scotland would provide air corridors with 57 countries on the “reduced risk”…
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Rishi Sunak unveils stamp duty holiday and hospitality VAT cut
Rishi Sunak promised to leave “no one without hope” as he unveiled an unprecedented level of employment support to assist in the economic recovery from coronavirus. In his summer statement…
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Two men charged over brutal assault that left French bus driver brain-dead
Prosecutors in France on Wednesday charged two men with attempted murder after a bus driver was assaulted and left brain-dead for refusing to let aboard a group of people who…
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Harvard, MIT sue US for ‘dangerous’ move to banish online-only foreign students
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are challenging a Trump administration policy that would bar foreign students from remaining in the United States if their universities are not…
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Duterte reopens Philippine economy but ‘can’t be like Trump, Bolsonaro’ as Covid-19 cases rise
President Rodrigo Duterte said he could not emulate the “devil-may-care attitude” of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro – his American and Brazilian counterparts – towards the Covid-19 pandemic, as he…
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WHO team heading to China as politics weigh on search for Covid-19 origin
World Health Organisation officials will arrive in China this weekend to lay the groundwork for an international investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 disease, a scientific endeavour that has…
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Coronavirus: sign-ups lag for Hong Kong’s restaurant discount campaign, while fears mount social-distancing rules could tighten again
Fewer Hong Kong restaurants than expected have so far signed up for a discount campaign intended to boost a sector slammed by the Covid-19 pandemic, now in its third wave…
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How Rishi Sunak could kickstart UK’s post-lockdown economy
Rishi Sunak is preparing to announce a wide-ranging package of tax and spending measures to kickstart Britain’s economic recovery from the coronavirus lockdown. Designed to cushion the blow from rising…